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Bedding plants - cheapest place to buy

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  • 24-04-2015 9:12pm
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    yellow hen
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    Where's the cheapest (not necessarily the best) place to buy summer bedding, a few shrubs and mulch? Trying to get house ready for sale so keeping the budget down is important.


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    roroliam
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    yellow hen
    Registered Users Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭yellow hen


    yellow hen wrote: »
    Where's the cheapest (not necessarily the best) place to buy summer bedding, a few shrubs and mulch? Trying to get house ready for sale so keeping the budget down is important.

    Sorry Dublin area... Forgot to say that!


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    Red Hare
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    I find Woodies to be one of the cheapest.

    Also Lidl will have six packs of bedding plants for 2.49 next thursday.


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    tampopo
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    Dunnes have 'em 2 for €5.


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    tadgh
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    BargainTown can have cheap bedding plants.


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    looksee
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    I wouldn't buy any bedding for another couple of weeks, they could still be damaged by cold.

    I would also be inclined to buy fewer plants of better quality - Woodies are good, some other places not so good - in the long run, ie a couple of months, you will have a better show than masses of the cheap ones. Some liquid fertiliser would be a good investment too.


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    Spanish Eyes
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    I know it's not the same for everyone, but I buy a couple of packets of HARDY ANNUAL seeds and scatter them on the raised beds that are on each side of the patio. They grow in their thousands! No need to incubate them under cover or indoors like half hardy annuals.

    I use the seeds (sown last week) to fill the gaps between the phlox and dahlias that are just beginning to peep up now.

    I use ordinary stocks, and night scented stocks (heavenly scent at night), and cornflower of different colours. Cheap as chips, easy to germinate, and does the job!

    I realise that some bedding plants are needed for tubs and hanging baskets. Just throwing it out there.


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